The Bells
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"The Bells" is a lyrical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that uses musical repetition and onomatopoeia to evoke the changing moods and stages of life through the sounds of different bells.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyrical poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depictsSound |
alarm bells
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funeral bells ⓘ sleigh bells ⓘ wedding bells ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1849 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Sartain's Union Magazine ⓘ |
| form | narrative progression through sound ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Poe as poet ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | later sound-focused poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
crescendo of emotional intensity
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heavy use of sound devices ⓘ increasing length of stanzas ⓘ musicality of language ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late in Poe's career ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | variable ⓘ |
| setToMusicBy | various composers ⓘ |
| structure | four stanzas ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism
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scholarly analysis ⓘ |
| symbol |
bells
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brazen bells ⓘ golden bells ⓘ iron bells ⓘ silver bells ⓘ |
| theme |
alarm and terror
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death and mourning ⓘ joy and celebration ⓘ passage of time ⓘ stages of life ⓘ |
| tone |
joyful in early stanzas
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melancholic in final stanza ⓘ ominous in later stanzas ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
alliteration
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assonance ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ onomatopoeia ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
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